Battery
(v. t.) The act of battering or beating. |
Battery
(v. t.) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him. |
Battery
(v. t.) Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense. |
Battery
(v. t.) Two or more pieces of artillery in the field. |
Battery
(v. t.) A company or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying artillery consists usually of six guns. |
Battery
(v. t.) A number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected that they may be charged and discharged simultaneously. |
Battery
(v. t.) An apparatus for generating voltaic electricity. |
Battery
(v. t.) A number of similar machines or devices in position |
Battery
(v. t.) A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals. |
Battery
(v. t.) The box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down. |
Battery
(v. t.) The pitcher and catcher together. |
Bunsen's battery
() Alt. of Bunsen's burner |
Life
(n.) The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death |
Life
(n.) Of human beings: The union of the soul and body |
Life
(n.) The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and cooperative functions |
Life
(n.) Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions |
Life
(n.) A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc. |
Life
(n.) Animation |
Life
(n.) That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor |
Life
(n.) The living or actual form, person, thing, or state |
Life
(n.) A person |
Life
(n.) The system of animal nature |
Life
(n.) An essential constituent of life, esp. the blood. |
Life
(n.) A history of the acts and events of a life |
Life
(n.) Enjoyment in the right use of the powers |
Life
(n.) Something dear to one as one's existence |
Life-giving
(a.) Giving life or spirit |
Life-preserver
(n.) An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water. |
Life-saving
(a.) That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning |
Life-size
(a.) Of full size |
Life-weary
(a.) Weary of living. |
Self-life
(n.) Life for one's self |
Water battery
() A voltaic battery in which the exciting fluid is water. |
Water battery
() A battery nearly on a level with the water. |
| life | living things collectively, the oceans are teeming with life |
plant
flora
plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
| career life history | the general progression of your working or professional life, the general had had a distinguished career, he had a long career in the law |
way
path
way of life | a course of conduct, the path of virtue, we went our separate ways, our paths in life led us apart, genius usually follows a revolutionary path |
nightlife
night life | the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.), a futile search for intelligent nightlife, in the summer the nightlife shifts to the dance clubs |
| sporting life | active interest in gambling on sports events |
| nightlife night life | the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion |
walk of life
walk | careers in general, it happens in all walks of life |
business life
professional life | a career in industrial or commercial or professional activities |
extravagance
prodigality
lavishness
highlife
high life | excessive spending |
battery
assault and battery | an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact |
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
CPR
cardiac resuscitation
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
kiss of life | an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration, the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing, attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen |
sexual love
lovemaking
making love
love
love life | sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people, his lovemaking disgusted her, he hadn't had any love in months, he has a very complicated love life |
reproduction
procreation
breeding
facts of life | the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring |
| life class | an art class using a live human model |
barrage
barrage fire
battery bombardment
shelling | the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target, they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops, the shelling went on for hours without pausing |
| A battery | the battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube |
c acid
back breaker
battery-acid
dose dot
Elvis
loony toons
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
pane superman
window pane
Zen | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide |
battery
electric battery | a device that produces electricity, may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series |
| battery stamp battery | a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores |
| B battery | battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube |
car battery
automobile battery | a lead-acid storage battery in a motor vehicle, usually a -volt battery of six cells, the heart of the car's electrical system |
| C battery | battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube |
charger
battery charger | a device for charging or recharging batteries |
| dry battery | a voltaic battery consisting of two or more dry cells |
| flashlight battery | a small dry battery containing dry cells, used to power flashlights |
| grid storage-battery grid | a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material |
| Jaws of Life | hydraulic tool inserted into a wrecked vehicle and used to pry the wreckage apart in order to provide access to people trapped inside |
lead-acid battery
lead-acid accumulator | a battery with lead electrodes with dilute sulphuric acid as the electrolyte, each cell generates about volts |
life buoy
lifesaver
life belt
life ring | a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material |
life jacket
life vest
cork jacket | life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design |
| life mask | a cast taken from the face of a living person |
| life office | life assurance office |
life preserver
preserver
flotation device | rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning |
life raft
Carling float | a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency |
life-support system
life support | medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive, the patient is on life support |
| life-support system life support | equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions, the astronauts relied on their life-support systems |
nickel-iron battery
nickel-iron accumulator | a storage battery having a nickel oxide cathode and an iron anode with an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide, each cell gives about . volts |
quartz battery
quartz mill | a stamp mill for stamping quartz |
safety belt
life belt safety harness | belt attaching you to some object as a restraint in order to prevent you from getting hurt |
solar array
solar battery
solar panel | electrical device consisting of a large array of connected solar cells |
| still life | a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers |
storage battery
accumulator | a voltaic battery that stores electric charge |
voltaic battery
galvanic battery | battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel |
liveliness
life spirit sprightliness | animation and energy in action or expression, it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it |
life style
life-style
lifestyle
modus vivendi | a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes |
| right to life | the right to live |
| life form | the characteristic bodily form of a mature organism |
fantasy life
phantasy life | an imaginary life lived in a fantasy world |
real world
real life | the practical world as opposed to the academic world, a good consultant must have a lot of experience in the real world |